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EMCOMMWEST® "The Biggest Little Ham Convention in the World" EMCOMMWEST'08 is scheduled for May 2-4, 2008 at a new location, the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in downtown Reno, Nevada. Many new and exciting themes will be added this year; designed to better prepare amateur radio operators to respond to disasters of all sizes, and how amateur radio is there when all else fails! The speaker at the EMCOMMWEST'08 banquet will be GORDON WEST, WB6NOA from Southern California. Additionally, Gordon will present a forum on Saturday as an introduction to Emergency Communications, and will have a display booth set up and is bringing his mobile comm. unit. Banquet seating is limited, so make reservations early! There will also be a special video presentation from RILEY HOLLINGSWORTH, K4ZDH, special counsel of the FCC's enforcement Bureau. Riley was going to appear in person, but being unable to do so, he will be there via video technology. |
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65th HAMFEST Fresno Amateur Radio Club – W6TO – May 31, 2008 – 8:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Fresno Citadel Salvation Army 1854 Fulton in Fresno. "Celebrating 100 Years of Wireless in Fresno" Featuring ARRL Forums, NTS, Swap Meet, Tech Talks, Radio Drawing, Eyeball QSO's. Club Website: w6to.com Download: Hamfest Registration Form - Included in your admission is a Chance to Win Yaesu FT-7800R drawing at 1:00pm - Food available by Salvation Army with donation. |
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ARRL Gearing Up for Dayton Hamvention® -- ARRL EXPO returns to Dayton Hamvention®, to be held May 16-18, 2008 at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio. The huge ARRL exhibit area is a showcase of displays, activities, and program representatives to enhance your ham radio experience. The ARRL EXPO is open to all Hamvention attendees. Meet ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, other ARRL officials, volunteers and staff knowledgeable on a wide variety of topics. Among the highlights of the exhibit space will be a card checking area for operating awards, activities for young hams, the ARRL bookstore and more. Keep an eye on the ARRL EXPO Web site for updates. |
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Station Locator Service New for Field Day 2008 -- June 28-29, 2008 -- This year, for the first time, the ARRL has put together a Station Locator to help amateurs or those interested in Amateur Radio find a Field Day site near them. According to ARRL Field Day Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, many amateurs have been asking for something like this for many years. |
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ARRL Board Authorizes New Section Positions, Adopts Budget, More, at Annual Meeting (Jan 28, 2008) -- The ARRL Board of Directors held its first 2008 meeting in Houston, Texas on January 18-19. Besides reviewing and acting on recommendations contained in committee reports and Director's motions, the Board held its biannual election of officers and annual election of members of the Executive Committee. All Officers, Directors and Vice Directors were present, with the exception of Rocky Mountain Division Director Brian P. Mileshosky, N5ZGT, who was unable to attend; Rocky Mountain Vice Director Dwayne Allen, WY7FD, assumed his place at the Board table. ► Full Story |
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Recipients of First-Ever Yasme Excellence Awards Announced (Jan 18, 2008) -- The Yasme Foundation has announced the winners of the first-ever Yasme Excellence Awards. These awards are given for service and dedication to Amateur Radio as recognized by the foundation's Directors and are in the form of a plaque and a monetary award. The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to conduct scientific and educational projects related to Amateur Radio, including DXing and the introduction and promotion of Amateur Radio in underdeveloped countries. ► Full Story |
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PACIFICON 2007 – The ARRL Pacific Division
annual convention is history. |
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Geography of the Pacific
Division The Pacific Division of the
ARRL includes the State of California from the Oregon border
on the north to the lower end of the San Joaquin Valley
(Kern Co.); the counties of Alpine and Mono along the Nevada
border east of the Sierra Nevada mountains and south of Lake
Tahoe; and the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa
Cruz, and Monterey along the Pacific Ocean south of San
Francisco. The inland counties along the Nevada border south
of Mono County and the coastal counties south of Monterey
County are part of the Southwestern
Division. In addition to the part of California described above,
the Pacific Division includes all of the States of
Nevada
and Hawaii
and the U. S. Pacific Ocean islands to the west,
such as American Samoa,
Guam, Saipan, and the Mariana
Islands. U. S. military bases and other facilities using AP
ZIP Codes are also part of the Pacific Division. Our Pacific Division is divided into seven Sections, and
we invite you to check out the Section
for your location. You'll find radio
clubs, RACES/ARES activities, Hamfests, community
service opportunities, radio-oriented youth groups, and much
more.
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What is Ham Radio?
A housewife in North Carolina makes friends over the radio with another ham in Lithuania. An Ohio teenager uses his computer to upload a digital chess move to an orbiting space satellite, where it's retrieved by a fellow chess enthusiast in Japan. An aircraft engineer in Florida participating in a "DX contest" swaps his call sign and talks to hams in 100 different countries during a single weekend. In California, volunteers save lives as part of their involvement in an emergency response. And from his room in Chicago, a ham's pocket-sized hand-held radio allows him to talk to friends in the Carolinas. This unique mix of fun, public service and convenience is the distinguishing characteristic of Amateur Radio. Although hams get involved for many reasons, they all have in common a basic knowledge of radio technology and operating principles, and pass an examination for the FCC license to operate on radio frequencies known as the "Amateur Bands." These bands are radio frequencies reserved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for use by hams at intervals from just above the AM broadcast band all the way up into extremely high microwave frequencies. If you have a
connection faster than Dial-up:
Listen  to this spot,
What Is Amateur Radio?
(1.3MB) or View
 this spot,
Take A Moment -- Imagine...
(13.7MB)
or View 
this version,
Take A Moment -- Imagine... (9.1MB) |
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